The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 947 new cases of coronavirus from a sample of 6,862 collected in the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of positive cases in the country to 48,790. Kagwe said that 12 people have succumbed to the virus, bringing the number of deaths to 896. In Nairobi, the 154 cases are from Lang’ata (17)Westlands (13), Embakasi East, Kibra, Makadara and Roysambu (11)cases each, Dagoretti North (10), Embakasi West, Kamukunji, Kasaraniand Starehe (9) cases each, Embakasi Central (8), Dagoretti South andEmbakasi North (6) cases each, Embakasi South and Ruaraka (5) caseseach, Mathare (4). In Nakuru, the 146 cases are from Nakuru West (54), Nakuru East(51), Gilgil (24), Naivasha (13) and Kuresoi South (4).

Source: The Star October 24, 2020 14:41 UTC